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About the Author

River Road is based on an actual murder which was never closed. Jenkinson’s father witnessed the recovery of a Frenchman’s head from Black River and repeated the story to his children.

Gordon "Bubber" Jenkinson is a graduate of the Citadel and the University of South Carolina School of Law. His previous novel, Live Oaks, was published to critical acclaim, and he is also the author of two books on local history. The events of River Road, his second novel, are based on his experiences working as a public defender in Williamsburg county, South Carolina, and a murder that was never solved.

He and his wife, Peggy, are the parents of two grown daughters and grandparents of four. They divide their time between Kingstree and Folly Beach, South Carolina.